RADx-UP Phase 3D (Oregon Saludable: Juntos Podemos)

"In an brief exercise, participants are asked to provide a personal story and positive experience during the challenging and sometimes stressful COVID19 pandemic, …a time when you felt successful and proud of yourself. …You can also tell us about a time that you did something to help someone in need. The self-affirmation is designed to offset effects of threats to self. In the next section participants are asked to formulate an if-then plan with one preferred self-affirmation-inducing cognition: If I feel sad, threatened, or discriminated against, then I will… a)…think about things I value about myself, b)…remember things that I have succeeded in, c) …think about what I stand for, or d)…think about things that are important to me. After selecting response, participants read the full If-Then plan out loud and are provided with a paper copy of their exercise to take home."

The Promotores de Salud intervention includes: (1) a culturally tailored health education to increase knowledge about COVID-19 and the benefits of testing; (2) motivational interviewing (MI) strategies to explore personal, social, and behavioral barriers to testing and to discuss available resources to resolve these barriers; (3) emotional support to address testing-related concerns and anxieties that may dissuade Latinx individuals from getting tested; and (4) service navigation. When promotores (community health advocates) are on-site at Mexican Consulate events, they will provide information about COVID-19 and preventive behaviors using in-person instruction on effective mask wearing, hand washing, and physical distancing, as well as the importance of repeated testing and vaccines.